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Definition: FAHLERZ

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Fahlband": A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Fahlerz" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: FAHLERZ

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] Gray copper, or gray copper ore, called by Jameson tetrahedral copper pyrite. This mineral is easily broken, and its fracture usually uneven, but sometimes a little conchoidal. it is found amorphous and in regular crystals.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Mining Ger. A gray copper ore. Sometimes called fahl ore. Syn: tetrahedrite; tennantite. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: FAHLERZ

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Fahlband": A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "FAHLERZ" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: FAHLERZ

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] Gray copper, or gray copper ore, called by Jameson tetrahedral copper pyrite. This mineral is easily broken, and its fracture usually uneven, but sometimes a little conchoidal. it is found amorphous and in regular crystals.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
MiningGer. A gray copper ore. Sometimes called fahl ore. Syn: tetrahedrite; tennantite. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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